Recording
The Rite of Spring
Igor Stravinsky
- Released
- 1913
- On one list
- Modernism
- Updated
- 2026-08-30
Analysis
5 sections, the first drop of 3 at 1:14, 40% of the way in, 13% of it spent climbing.
- Tempo
- 112.3 BPM
- holds throughout
- Dynamic range
- 18.4 dB
- wide open — the quiet parts are genuinely quiet
- Length
- 3:04
- measured from the YouTube master
The record, end to end
Click the track to jump · ← → move between sections
- 0:00Aintro0
- 1:14Bbreakdownbar 35
- 2:05Aliftbar 59
- 2:25Abuildbar 68
- 2:49Cpeakbar 79
Drops at 1:14 (bar 35), 2:04 (bar 58), 2:41 (bar 75). A drop is a moment, not a stretch — marked on the track above rather than shaded across it.
0:00 · A · intro
opens the record below its own average energy · instrumental · one of 3 stretches of the same music (A)
- Lasts
- 1:14
- Energy
- 20
- Brightness
- 0
- Density
- 100
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
energy falling away mid-record, percussion thinning · instrumental
- Lasts
- 0:51
- Energy
- 0
- Brightness
- 17
- Density
- 18
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
a short rise that does not resolve — a fill or a transition, not a build · instrumental · one of 3 stretches of the same music (A)
- Lasts
- 0:20
- Energy
- 65
- Brightness
- 36
- Density
- 0
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
energy and brightness climbing without a break · instrumental · one of 3 stretches of the same music (A)
- Lasts
- 0:24
- Energy
- 22
- Brightness
- 46
- Density
- 47
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
sits at the top of this record's range · instrumental
- Lasts
- 0:15
- Energy
- 100
- Brightness
- 100
- Density
- 35
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
Brightness and density are scored against this record's own sections, not against music in general — they say how its parts differ from each other, and nothing about how it compares to anything else.
- drums
- the drum kit, separated from the mix
- bass
- the bass part, separated from the mix
- vocals
- the voice, separated from the mix
- other
- everything else — synths, guitars, keys, strings
Separated into parts by a source-separation model, so each lane is the instrument it names.
- intro
- opens the record below its own average energy
- breakdown
- energy falling away mid-record, percussion thinning
- lift
- a short rise that does not resolve — a fill or a transition, not a build
- build
- energy and brightness climbing without a break
- peak
- sits at the top of this record's range
Measured from the YouTube master on . Section labels describe how the energy of the recording moves, not its musical form — a machine can see loudness climb and jump, it cannot hear a chorus arrive. Anything we were not confident enough to state is left out rather than shown with a caveat.
Ranked No. 1 in Modernism
The premiere ended in a riot, which has slightly obscured the fact that the rhythmic writing is still the most violent thing in the orchestral repertoire. Nothing has caught up.